Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash. James Hansen greengreenwashjob Change image and share on social
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your country's. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. - because the total emissions are set by the cap. James Hansen actionaltruisticbig share on social
Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. James Hansen biginfluencemoney Change image and share on social
The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes. James Hansen democraticloudmoney Change image and share on social
What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon dioxide, is poor. It's equivalent to burning coal in your automobile. James Hansen automobileburncarbon Change image and share on social
Some Democrats deserve to be criticized. James Hansen criticizedemocratdeserve Change image and share on social
You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean tar sands and the claim that there's more jobs associated with fossil fuels than other industries. That's of course not true. But they're hammering that into the voters' heads. James Hansen advertisementclaimclean share on social
I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can. James Hansen havereportscience Change image and share on social
Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise. James Hansen analogouschangechurchill Change image and share on social
After spending three or four years interacting with the Bush administration, I realized they were not taking any actions to deal with climate change. So, I decided to give one talk, and then it snowballed into another talk and eventually to even protesting and getting arrested. James Hansen actionadministrationarrest share on social
